Reddick Library starts new remodeling phase

Reddick Library patrons have been doing a certain amount of gawking this week after they first enter through the library's familiar brick exterior.

The inside is pretty different.

The north end of the building, which has been closed for remodeling, was reopened Monday, and the south end closed down as the library's $2 million renovation project moved into its second major phase.

The view through the main entryway's new sliding doors is of a new circulation desk right where the old one was located but looking much more sleek.

Director Kathy Clair noted the desk's three distinct transaction windows and that a lower customer counter means someone seated in a wheelchair can pull right up.

Elsewhere in the remodeled north end are new study rooms and a quiet reading room.

A new teen room is destined for the area behind the circulation desk, but the space is temporarily being used to house the local history collection and microfilm readers.

Other finishing touches remain to be completed, Clair said.

"We're waiting for some furnishings and finishes," she said.

Additional book cases are due by the end of the month.

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Reddick Library starts new remodeling phase